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Derek Hanson
Derek Hanson

I build blocks, plugins, and themes with WordPress and write about what I learn. This is my blog on the Fediverse; reply here and it shows up as a comment on the post. Personal account: @derekahanson.

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  • The danger of AI for me right now is that the more I use it, the more ambitious I’m getting with creating. It’s awesome! I’m cooking something I’m really excited about. It may not be exciting to many because we can all just make whatever we want pretty much. But…

  • I’ve been using Impeccable skills for months to get better results with AI designing websites. Recently, Hallmark has gained some popularity. I like it. I like it a lot. It feels a little constrained and seems to do very well with UI polish, which I really like. I’m going to…

  • I am on a massive OSS deep dive yesterday and today. There are so many great tools out there that people are making. https://moldavite.dev looks like a promising notes replacement. Seems like a good Obsidian alternative. I’ve got my own setup with markdown files and a WordPress Studio site that…

  • https://github.com/shinyobjectz/raea I only just started using Hyperframes, and I just stumbled across Render Anything Engine (for anyone). Seems like a nice alternative to Hyperframes. Might give it a try since I’m not completely beholden or smitten with Hyperframes, I’ve only used it twice. -repos

  • https://fluidvoice.com I’m thinking I’ll give this a try. I use WisprFlow daily, but I’d love a free, local version if it works well enough. I’ve heard good things about FluidVoice so far.